Lets help ourselves to change our mindset

I have been thinking for a while now about the idea of a forum for people in the Bagenalstown locality to discuss ways of maybe changing the mindset that seems to prevail at the minute of doom and gloom brought on without question by the economic situation that we all find ourselves in. I don't want to give the impression of diminishing the problems that we all face or indeed suggest how people should choose to live their lives but there are without doubt many positive things that we could all be doing that would lift spirits and give a shared sense of community that was perhaps lacking in the boom times. Put simply there is no single simple answer to all our problems and while I want to see justice for those people who deserve it and the correct punishment for thise responsible for our economic woes, sitting at home blaming others without offering solutions isn't the answer and really only makes evryone feel worse. So the idea is to get people activated, both physically and psychologically to do things for all of us so that all of us benefit. This is despite the current situation a great opportunity to reinvent ourselves as a society and not continue to just view our lives from the point of view of an economy. I don't live in Ireland Inc. despite most media commentators' and politicians insistance on calling it so. I live in a town that I am proud of and a town that can be a great place to live and bring up our families again. So as Mr. Einstein said "Nothing happens until something moves". Its your move.